It now looks like the Wii won't have region-free games. I feel this is a bad move by Nintendo. There are so many good games that are released in Japan that either take forever to come to the other regions or never come at all. I only see region-locking as a way for game distributors to charge different prices for games in different regions. Ohh well, I guess the PlayStation 3 will be the only region-free console.
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Wii_Region_free_says_Nintendo_VP
At first someone from Nintendo claimed the Wii was region-free, but Nintendo later clarified that the games (first and third party) will be region-locked. The same goes to online content.
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